Purchasing power of money is down by a factor of 100 in 50 years. Even 1970, as a college student in Indiana, I could buy a breakfast of 2 eggs, 2 sausages, a glass of orange juice, two slices of toast for a dollar. Gas was 25 -30 cents a gallon.

What is money worth today?

Quantitative easing is a camaflouge for printing money. So there is a lot money without value.